Agrotis dislocata

Agrotis dislocata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Agrotis
Species: A. dislocata
Binomial name
Agrotis dislocata
(Walker, 1856)
Synonyms
  • Leucania dislocata Walker, 1856
  • Feltia dislocata
  • Euxoa dislocata
  • Feltia lookii Swezey, 1947

The Lesser Native Cutworm (Agrotis dislocata) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is endemic to Niihau, Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Maui, Lanai, Hawaii and Laysan.

The larvae feed on various garden crops, Chenopodium, grasses and sugarcane. It often becomes a bad pest in surgarcane, as well as in gardens and also on other crops.

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